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Friday Specials for January 25, 2008
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM
Today's Highlight: "A Marriage of Inconvenience: The US and the UN," an America Abroad Special
In the midst of World War II, American leaders had already begun to push for an international organization that could prevent future wars. Their idealism and efforts paid off when representatives from 50 nations gathered in San Francisco in 1945 to sign the United Nations charter, pledging to promote global peace and security.
Since then, UN membership has nearly quadrupled in size, and the ideal of collective security enshrined in its charter has expanded to include peacekeeping and humanitarian missions in troubled regions of the globe.
America’s high hopes for the United Nations have been tempered by frequent frustration. The UN can be inefficient and bureaucratic, and it doesn’t always follow the will of the United States. And yet, for better or worse, the two continue to work together.
Ray Suarez examines the challenges faced by a new UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region. Guests include Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; Alberto Fernandez, US Charge d’Affairs for Sudan; Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping; Deborah Derrick, Executive Director of the Better World Campaign; and Jan Eliasson, UN Special Envoy for Darfur.
Deb Amos traces the history of US involvement in the world body. Featuring Dr. Ed Luck, Vice President and Director of Studies at the International Peace Academy.
Deb Amos explores American diplomatic efforts to win UN support to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait during the Gulf War. With James Baker, former Secretary of State; Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Adviser; Thomas Pickering, former US Ambassador to the UN; and Dennis Ross, former Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff.
Ray Suarez examines the mission of the UN Human Rights Council and the reasons for US abstention. Guests include John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN; Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, first president of the Human Rights Council and permanent representative of Mexico to the UN in Geneva; Itzhak Levanon, Israeli Ambassador to the UN in Geneva; Martin Scheinen, UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur; and Andrew Clapham, Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
Special radio documentaries, seasonal offerings, and unique radio presentations including programs from Hearing Voices, American Radio Works, America Abroad and independent producers. The Friday Special is selected each week by Program Director Michael Marsolek
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